All Health Service Journal articles in November 2023 – Page 8
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News
Atkins appointed health and care secretary
Victoria Atkins has been named as health and social care secretary, replacing Steve Barclay.
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News
NHSE director to leave next month
NHS England’s director for clinical integration has announced she is leaving the national commissioner in December.
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Comment
Hunt’s productivity review has the NHS in its sights
Ed Jones explains how the chancellor’s Productivity Review aims to reshape the NHS, addressing fiscal challenges and unlocking transformative changes to enhance efficiency, quality, and long-term productivity in healthcare services
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: How not to improve healthcare
NHS England’s prevailing model of detailed guidance and central planning is not the right prescription for healthcare improvement, as it lacks effectiveness, clear focus, and mechanisms for change
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News
National agency CEO told: ‘Resign or be sacked’
An employment tribunal claim has been brought against a national NHS agency by its former chief executive, who says she was effectively sacked on the basis of anonymous and uninvestigated allegations of bullying.
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News
‘Design compromise’ for new-build hospitals due to funding shortfalls
Trusts in the ‘new hospital programme’ will have to make significant compromises to their projects unless the Treasury can be persuaded to release billions more in funding, sources have told HSJ.
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News
‘High number’ of ambulance staff could face sack for striking
Up to 80 per cent of key ambulance staff could be required to work during a strike or risk being sacked, documents released by the Department of Health and Social Care have revealed.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: Tragic stories show why patients’ voices must be heard
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Comment
NHS Different is 'amazing'
In this blog, first published in the NHS England ICB Bulletin, the newly appointed head of NHS Different, Joy Hunter, traces the organisation’s history and sets out her overarching ambitions
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News
Cancer, prevention and learning disabilities set for ‘sensible’ budget raids
Local leaders will be permitted to cut spending on the development of cancer, prevention, learning disabilities and autism services, as they bid to deliver their financial plans this year, HSJ understands.
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News
Exclusive: Funding for winter clinics axed despite NHSE backing
Community clinics credited with easing pressure on A&E and GP practices nationally last winter have not yet been funded for this year, and are struggling to run a full service, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Waiting list growth begins to slow
England’s terrible waiting lists are getting worse more slowly
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Baby steps again on specialised services
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Comment
Barclay has attacked the founding principles of the NHS
Protecting NHS Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion roles is crucial to preserving the NHS’s founding principles and ensuring equitable, high-quality care for all, writes Joan Saddler
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News
Four-plus pathway patients account for 700k of waiting list
New data suggests around 700,000 cases on the elective waiting list relate to patients who are on at least four different pathways, and NHS England says personalised care plans must be developed to treat them more efficiently.
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News
Major trust’s ‘outstanding’ rating suspended after well-led review
An ‘outstanding’ hospital trust has had its Care Quality Commission rating suspended, in a rare step by the regulator, due to ‘significant discrepancies’ between the current assessment and findings at a recent inspection.
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News
Three million callers fail to get through to GP every month, government research reveals
One in 10 people attempting to contact their GP practice do not manage to get in contact, while a further 6 per cent are only told to try again another day, according to new official survey findings commissioned by the government.
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News
Don’t panic when staff leave, NHSE advises managers
New NHS England guidance has advised line managers to ‘remain calm’, ‘not panic’, and ‘show kindness’ when handling staff resignations.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: What an election year will mean for the NHS
This week Annabelle and James are joined by Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive of NHS Providers.
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News
System agrees 10% bed base increase to ease A&E crisis
An integrated care system is planning to open between 70 and 100 addtional mental health beds to deal with a crisis in capacity.